Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1887-02-25

abundance Of time in which to an
swer this correspondence,
take the liberty of writing reply
to your esteemed lavor and print.
ing II where il will meet the eye
of many persons, no doubt, who
may contemplate addressing me
on The same subject.
OF the South generally | know
very Iittle from personal observa'
tion, but You will find throughout
the South, wherever | have been,
general tendency toward warm
er weather than you obtain in The
North.
North Carolina, as you are no
doubt aware, is generally monn'
famous in its geographical depart.
ment, and on the map which | Pc
rused as Student the State was
Of dark blue color. Greatly to
my surprise, however, on arriving
here found North Carolina TO be
red. The soil, such as it is, has
the same roseate hue of the adult
brick Of com merce, and continues
in that condition constantly.
The farms generally are not
large in size, ana are divided into
three classes, viz The Mansard
m, the Gothic farm and the dor
.er farm. A good Gothic farm
near town will bring from $23 to
500 per acre, including large wall
pockets to hold farming nipple
ments al night, so that they will
not drop out Of the Gothic farm
alto the dofmor farm below.
"sse--s-s.s SAY ahas sA,~s-z s.sasss..l I
TAIN farms are Steep. simply
state that water readily runs off
when applied to them.
Tobacco is the great staple here.
= is mostly Of the smoking varie
though on thi bottom lands a
ery hardy dwarf plug tobacco
grows easily, and during a long |
'enson planters may readily grow
he large tropical plHg tobacco.
1t is a rare sight to pass along
he country road and see the navy
,lug tobacco of North Carolina
Using to its full height in the glo.
ious autumn sun,whi lie through
Is waving boughs the nut brown
r seal brown plug tobacco of
rade. with it's glitterng little tin
ag near the stem, may be readily
isliugnlshed.
Fine cut tobacco also grows
ere TO great height. Every.
hing that goes to make life worth
wing may be found in the widest
rolusion. Whisky is so plen'y
ere that Intemperanee is not a
ark of distinction.
Corn whisky, whether made be-
cath the broad glare OF the nooa-
iy sun or bv the moonlight pro- =
'Ss. is within the reach of all. Ii {
so plenty that | do not care for
, and l know that an Iowa man
'uld put la winter here tha, |
ould be memorable throughout {
s life. u
You ask about the matter of o
'alth, and am pleased TO state
at there has not been a circular :,
inted or sent oul from here du.
lg the past ten years that did N
{ state in the most emphatic >.
rms that this is very healthy ..
untry. People who had enjoyed T.,
od health while here have gone .
rth in several instances only 10 !.
urn in a diseased condition
I'M drowning or some other mi.
patic iufiupuea.
When I first came here 1 was
| yearned tor some -"
ug that did not have. II was A
scenery or climate, for each OF e
,se was a common occurrence y
= l soon got acquainted. aud ia m
: than two weeks I had been "
dressed Two times a. ~CslsHel I" hl
aw enjoy the South very much
Fruits Of al kinds grow here al
arr used for eating purposes O,
lost exclusively. The apple. =.
peach, The Hubbard sqaash.
grape, ociorooH. the pecan, the
ncr, the persimmon and the
.s>Hn grow here. Figs DO not Ci
iurr IN fhis Latitude. an